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EXITSWINGLEVERAGECARRYFRAUDNO RECOURSEBARRIEREXPERTISE
  • Silver 38 Moderate Gold's outline stretched along the volatility axis: the same no-yield carry, roughly twice the swing.
  • Gold 31 Moderate Deep liquidity and a moderate swing, but it pays nothing and costs you to keep — the shape of something held as insurance, not for return.
  Silver Gold
Exit difficulty 2 1
Volatility 4 3
Leverage 2 2
Carry cost 3 3
Fraud risk 3 3
Protection gap 3 3
Barrier to entry 1 1
Expertise needed 2 2
Difficulty 38 Moderate 31 Moderate
In a sentence Half precious metal, half industrial input — which is why it moves like gold with the volatility dial turned up.The oldest continuously traded asset on earth, valued almost entirely for the fact that other people value it, and priced in London twice a day.
Unit Troy ounce Troy ounce (31.1035g)
Smallest realistic trade A 1oz coin, or one ETC share A 1g bar, or one share of a gold ETF
Settlement T+2 London OTC T+2 in London; allocated or unallocated account

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